Warmer temperatures at Great Barrier Reef causing sea turtles to be born female
- 15-Jan-2018
SYDNEY: Rising temperatures at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are causing more green turtles to be born female, which could lead to the species dying out, a new scientific study has found. As the gender of green turtles is determined by temperature, the hotter weather caused by climate change induces warmer incubations of eggs, and that […]
Sea turtles’ sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic ‘soup’
- 04-Dec-2017
Gently, Kenzo the sea turtle is lowered onto a beach where a scattering of bottle caps, candy wrappers, yoghurt cups and discarded flipflops scar an otherwise idyllic setting. As its human handlers step aside, Kenzo struggles out of the harness, pushes hard with its flippers on the sand, and slides into small waves specked with […]